[A] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always…

“Silver linings are always there, even when we don't choose to look up.”

— Leticia Rae

“So I pull Tifanny closer, kiss the hard spot between her perfectly plucked eyebrows, and after a deep breath, I say, "I think I…

— Matthew Quick

“Our best hope will never lie in individual survivalism. Nor does it lie in small groups doing their best to prepare for the worst.…

— Lierre Keith

“You can break my bone, but you can’t break my spirit without my permission”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Magnus had caught it gingerly, half expecting it to blow in his face. The Teacher chuckled. "Don't worry, it can't do anything without fire."…

— Susan Wiggs

“When Hitler marched across the Rhine To take the land of France, La dame de fer decided, ‘Let’s make the tyrant dance.’ Let him…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“[The White Rose] is relevant because it gives us an example that we can use... They are a sign of how we should strive…

— Ruth Hanna Sachs

Nothing, to my way of thinking, is a better proof of a well-ordered mind than a man's ability to stop just where he is…

— Seneca the Younger

“Stoic ethics is a species of eudaimonism. Its central, organizing concern is about what we ought to do or be to live well—to flourish.…

— Lawrence C. Becker

The Stoics say, "Retire within yourselves; it is there you will find your rest." And that is not true. Others say, "Go out of…

— Blaise Pascal

“Stoicism sure comes in handy when they take away your underpants. But how to reconcile it with one's insatiable need for other people?”

— Piper Kerman

“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself, "I have to go to work - as a human being. What…

— Marcus Aurelius

“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy…

— Seneca

“The areas of great interest to the Stoics all make an appearance here: virtue, mortality, emotions, self-awareness, fortitude, right action, problem solving, acceptance, mental…

— Ryan Holiday

“The wife of a junior officer cooped up in a horrible canvas partition in steerage for five months wrote: "I had enjoyed much peace…

— Stephen Taylor